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The Coherent Light Infantry

In 1960, when scientists first developed Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation, skeptical scientist...

Written by Anthony Kendall • 20 Oct 2006 • Read →

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The Tragedy of the Love Canal

William T. Love came to 1890s Niagara Falls, New York, with hugely ambitious plans. The landowner and entrepreneur en...

Written by Marisa Brook • 18 Oct 2006 • Read →

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The Gravity Express

About four hundred years ago--sometime in the latter half of the 17th century--Isaac Newton received a letter from th...

Written by Alan Bellows • 15 Oct 2006 • Read →

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The Battle of Los Angeles

In early 1942 the United States was still reeling from the Attack on Pearl Harbor. They'd declared war upon the Empir...

Written by Jason Bellows • 24 Sep 2006 • Read →

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How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Atomic Spaceship

The year was 1957. The power of the atom had been unleashed upon the world. Technology--along with just about everyth...

Written by Anthony Kendall • 21 Sep 2006 • Read →

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The Seventh Sense

From childhood, we are taught that the human body has five senses. I'm sure we can all recite them: sight, hearing, t...

Written by Zack Jordan • 16 Sep 2006 • Read →

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How Bacteria Nearly Destroyed All Life

About two and one-half billion years ago, life on Earth was still in its infancy. Complex organisms such as plants an...

Written by Alan Bellows • 08 Sep 2006 • Read →

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An Island Is Born

Off the coast of Iceland on the morning of 14 November 1963, the crew of a lone fishing trawler spotted an alarming s...

Written by Marisa Brook • 02 Sep 2006 • Read →

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The Heavenly Sounds of the Glass Armonica

As with many of man's great achievements (or is that blunders?), it all began with the wine. In this case, however, i...

Written by Daniel Lew • 31 Aug 2006 • Read →

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The Atomic Automobile

During the 1950s, much of the world was quivering with anticipation over the exciting prospects of nuclear power. Ato...

Written by Alan Bellows • 27 Aug 2006 • Read →

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